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Dusty, the XSi has an 1.6x 35mm-equivalent focal length crop factor, so a 50mm lens will put you in the effective medium telephoto range. A 35mm lens would be roughly equivalent to the 50mm.

I would probably look at the 20 or 24mm 2.8 EF lens around that price range. http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ProductCatIndexAct&fcategoryid=151

Do you have a kit zoom? If so, that is, what, 28mm on the wide side? So you can get an idea of if 28mm is wide enough or not for you. Just set your lens on that focal length and go around viewing subjects to see what kind of field of view it gives you and if you are happy with it. If you need more, then go with the 24 or 20mm. I think you will be happy with the 2.8f.

17-40L is around $650-700. Dave’s right though, that would be a quality lens for the money.

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Always love to see those points on fins. Beautiful fish, Mike. Great photos. Thanks.

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Corey, sure enjoyed the photos. I’m looking forward to the John Day report!

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Enjoyed the report and your blog, Jay. Also, thanks for the link to the Tom Dorsey building a rod video.

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John Michael, hot pixels show up in long exposures because of the increased noise. Some cameras, Canon 30D, for instance have a Long Exposure Noise Reduction setting (C.Fn-02). If I remember correctly default is OFF. I leave mine set to Auto since I sometimes do star trails and night shots. But ON may reduce noise even for those shots which AUTO would not detect. You might try it if it is available on your camera body.

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I have a sage 279-LL that I retired.

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I usually carry a small backpack/camelback.

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Thats a big-un!

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Not that

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Simon

I have a mix of new and used . There are some good deals to be had

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A couple from last nights card fill:))

and what happens when a non bird photographer is confronted by hundreds of

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Corey, you and this guy may still get shot, but at least you will be on the side of legality.

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Zach, Mexico is also becoming a source of flies. I know one small east coast tackle company which has their flies tied there, and a friend recently showed me some egg patterns and woolly buggers his pastor had picked up from a ministry group trying to support a local community (may have been an orphanage, but I cannot remember for sure) with work. A lot closer than Africa

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That’s a special set of images of a very special time – thanks for sharing that

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C’mon John you can do better than ” bug off” :)))) I see your point about the sky maybe

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Again…nice work.

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I went with ” Zach’s cat” – the rest sound like fishing tales:))))

Will

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Ty :)) Mark never been there but heard of it often , sounds like a neat spot.

Stepping miles out of my comfort zone I decided to get a little urban with this, not sure how well this works – comments/thoughts welcome-

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Chad- glad you enjoyed the pic.

John- ” although if some darn hatches would ever go for me when Im on scene” —

I have logged over 1500 kms in the past week hitting locales with some success , but not what I am looking for. Last night I went on

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Hi

Auotopano Pro is very highly regarded- a little more budget wise but does a beautifull job if you are getting series about panos. I’ve used it a fair bit and even with difficult stitches it does well where others fail.

Will

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